Sanderson's Bladderwort (小白兔狸藻)
A carnivorous evergreen perennial with wedge-shaped leaves around 1 cm long growing from underground parts, flower stalks are much longer, usually around 10 cm long, with 1 to 4 pale mauve or white flowers with a distinct 2- lobed upper petal looking like rabbit ears to 1.5 cm long.
Tropical epiphytic Utricularia are found growing in bromeliad urns, moss, bark, or decaying leaves on cliffs, hillsides, and trees in fog forests in the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Africa.
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Utricularia Sandersonil
COMMON NAME
Bladderwort
CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Growth Form Herbaceous Plant PLANT CARE AND PROPAGATION
Light Preference Full Sun.
Keep them warm year round, around 20-30°C
Water Preference Lots of Water.
Pure water is a must. Use distilled or rain water. Keep the soil relatively moist. Some species of Utricularia enjoy an occasional flooding.
Plant Growth Rate Fast Propagation Method Seed.
In good conditions, U. sandersonii grows quickly. It is easy to propagate--carefully detach from the mother pot a hunk of leaves, stolons, and bladders, and plant it in a new pot.
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